171Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.+2He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.+3The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,+4but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.+5Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honour in abundance.+6His heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.+7Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;+8and with them Levites, even Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.+9They taught in Judah, having the book of the LORD’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught amongst the people.+10The fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.+11Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks: seven thousand and seven hundred rams and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.+12Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah.+13He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valour, in Jerusalem.+14This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valour;+15and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; 16and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.+17From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;+18and next to him Jehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand ready and prepared for war.+19These were those who waited on the king, in addition to those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.+
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